[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, February 27, 2018.] “The problem is not the Jamaat,” one character declares. “The problem is this family.” “We’ve lost, Dad. There’s nothing for us […]
[Full article published in TDF Stages, February 23, 2018.] Tony-winning designer David Zinn creates a playful medieval world for The Amateurs David Zinn created an underwater extravaganza by designing the sets and costumes for […]
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, February 20, 2018.] In the new play by Sarah Burgess, hyper-aggro sound design nearly ruins the storytelling. Playwright Sarah Burgess plums politics for her newest play Kings at […]
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, January 30, 2018.] Memories of her white grandfather animate the 86-year-old legend’s first play in a decade. Details of her own rich biography are […]
[Full article published in TDF Stages, January 25, 2018.] Balls uses a legendary game to examine gender inequality It’s fitting that a coed creative team decided to theatricalize the 1973 “Battle of the […]
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, January 19, 2018.] A quiet contemplation of America’s newly energized racist past In her resonant work Forever, first staged at Center Theatre Group in 2014 and […]
[Full article published in TDF Stages, January 11, 2018.] How director Daniel Sullivan is helping the actor honor his father Tony-winning director Daniel Sullivan is known for helming complex, multicharacter plays on Broadway, […]
Simplifying, complicating, simplifying again. This has been a year of expanding and paring involvement on professional boards and projects, resuming old roles and assuming new ones. I continue into 2018 on the […]
Public performances in calendar year 2017, live or filmed, were many and thrilling, with new talents and old familiars, in large venues and intimate spaces. By my rough count, during 2017 I […]
[article as originally published in Theater Pizzazz, December 27, 2017.] Musicians who have played together for years reunite for two Birdland performances this December. Winter tunes, holiday tunes, tunes of remembrance and family […]
